Read article: Beyond the eureka moment
Beyond the eureka moment
Nadya Reingand offers advice to academics as they consider how – and whether – to commercialize their inventions
Read article: Beyond the eureka moment
Read article: Cloaking space–time
Cloaking space–time
Martin McCall and Paul Kinsler introduce the "event cloak" – perfect for the ultimate bank heist
Deflecting the light and deceiving the gods
Tales of invisible people and magical invisibility-bestowing objects have thrilled us for millennia. Sidney Perkowitz reveals how these myths and fantasies are now becoming a reality
Read article: The sounds of science
The sounds of science
Wanda Diaz Merced describes how losing her sight led her to investigate ways of using sound to study space physics
Read article: 3D TV without glasses
3D TV without glasses
Wondering why you can watch a Nintendo 3DS without glasses? Jonathan Mather reveals all
Read article: Vision of beauty
Vision of beauty
Richard Taylor explains why fractals play a key role in retinal-implant technology
Read article: Optical sensors boost space science
Optical sensors boost space science
Hamish Johnston explores how space science and cellular biology are proving profitable areas for optics firms
Read article: Optoelectronics: a green explosion
Optoelectronics: a green explosion
"Green" photonics is good for the planet and for profits, discovers Richard Stevenson
Read article: Resistance is futile
Resistance is futile
Continuing our superconductivity centenary celebrations, Ted Forgan looks at the challenges for high-temperature materials
Read article: Taming serendipity
Taming serendipity
Laura H Greene calls for a global collaboration in the search for new high-temperature superconductors
